SPORTS
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COLUMNS
Goodbye Column: Basketball reporter says so long
By Here comes the Boone Ray Boone | Apr. 20, 2017Here comes the Boone
El Caimán
SPORTS
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COLUMNS
Goodbye Column: Make the most of your college experience
By Patrick Pinak | Apr. 19, 2017I still remember my first semester at UF in 2012.
OPINION
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COLUMNS
Good Writers and Good People
Apr. 19, 2017The hallways of The Carolina Inn on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill are filled with photographs and paintings of people who made a difference in the university’s 228-year history. After staying in the inn for three nights last month, I felt like I had a sense of how UNC was influenced by the two centuries of faculty, staff and alumni whose likenesses lined the halls.
SPORTS
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FOOTBALL
Convicted murderer, former UF star Aaron Hernandez found dead from suicide
By The Associated Press | Apr. 19, 2017BOSTON (AP) — Former NFL star Aaron Hernandez hanged himself in his prison cell early Wednesday while serving a life sentence for murder, authorities said.
SPORTS
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BASEBALL
Rubio shines in UF's win over UNF
By Patrick Pinak | Apr. 19, 2017Pitted against one of the best hitting teams in the country, Frank Rubio’s name was called upon.
SPORTS
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BASEBALL
Blades of Glory: Ever wonder how fields end up with patterns in the grass? It’s more complicated than you might think.
By Ethan Bauer | Apr. 19, 2017When the sun rose over the O’Connell Center on Monday morning, the infield grass at McKethan Stadium was just starting to look presentable. It was 7:52 a.m., and when it finally peeked over the dome, UF student Kaleb Lewis had to pause. He couldn’t risk messing up his masterpiece by succumbing to the glare.
SPORTS
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FEATURES
Where they are now: Former UF gymnast transitioning to life off the mat
By IAN COHEN | Apr. 18, 2017Bridget Sloan called it her slump period.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
Seniors, this is goodbye
By Jimena Tavel | Apr. 18, 2017The anxiety lives in the back of Nick Johnson’s mind.
NEWS
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CAMPUS STUDENT GOVERNMENT
After 14 years, woman to head Accent
By Katelyn Newberg | Apr. 18, 2017Correction: This article has been updated to fix a typo in the spelling of Alpha Epsilon Pi. It is not Alpha Epsilon Phi, as it was previously written.
SPORTS
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WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
Her Decision: Florida's Brooke Copeland gives up basketball to make difference in the world
By Ethan Bauer | Apr. 18, 2017Do you hear it? The ticking? She hears it. She’s been hearing it for as long as she can remember, and now it’s grown from a little pinch to a searing pain she can’t hide if she tries. She hears it when she thinks about her future — a future that, until recently, saw her heading to the WNBA. Well, no more. No more basketball for junior Brooke Copeland. Not when people are suffering, dammit, and not while she can do something about it in her limited time on earth.
METRO
Butler Plaza breakfast cafe offers 11 flavors of waffles
By Max Chesnes | Apr. 18, 2017Gainesville residents have a new option for Sunday brunch.
METRO
Doctor helps those at Grace Marketplace, Dignity Village
By Molly Vossler | Apr. 18, 2017Every Monday, an 82-year-old UF alumnus and retired epidemiologist sets up a wound care clinic to serve the homeless who live in Grace Marketplace or the neighboring Dignity Village, a sprawling city of tents in east Gainesville.
NEWS
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CAMPUS STUDENT GOVERNMENT
Webster reflects on presidency
By Paige Fry | Apr. 18, 2017In the year that Susan Webster served as UF’s Student Body president, she said she made it her goal to work on all 42 points of Impact Party’s platform.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
UF students speak out on IBC, La Casita construction
By Romy Ellenbogen | Apr. 18, 2017Contact Romy Ellenbogen at rellenbogen@alligator.org and follow her on Twitter at @romyellenbogen
NEWS
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CAMPUS
Under new executive director, APIA office working to rebuild
By Romy Ellenbogen | Apr. 18, 2017When Will Atkins was chosen as the new executive director of Multicultural and Diversity Affairs, he acknowledged work needed to be done.
METRO
Strict regulations leave no space for adult stores in Gainesville
By Aaron Albright | Apr. 18, 2017Intent on preventing crime and ensuring public safety, a Gainesville ordinance has made it nearly impossible for adult entertainment businesses to open in the city.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
With new app, UF students propose virtual traffic stops
By Mollee Jakubisin | Apr. 18, 2017A group of UF students want to make routine traffic stops safer with a smartphone app.
METRO
Hull Road partly closed during construction
By Bailey LeFever | Apr. 18, 2017Part of Hull Road will be blocked off for at least three weeks because of the construction of a new hotel.
METRO
Local brewery celebrates grand opening with new beer
By David Hoffman | Apr. 18, 2017In Chris Hart’s brewery, the televisions are only turned on when someone asks to watch something.
METRO
Chocolate Night to offer 36 flavors of chocolate ice cream
By Lizzie Vasquez | Apr. 18, 2017For one day only, Gainesville residents will get a chance to savor three-dozen different flavors of chocolate ice cream.
